Adds original message recieved date in reply. #31

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xqus commented 2013-01-27 00:16:18 +01:00 (Migrated from github.com)
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Atheros1 commented 2013-01-28 02:36:33 +01:00 (Migrated from github.com)

I've thought about including this before ultimately the reason that I did not was that it reveals the receiver's time zone and that it can't be trusted. The sender of a message cannot be spoofed but the time in a message can be changed. I know that this is true with email as well but I didn't want new Bitmessage users to have to learn to doubt the validity of anything they see in Bitmessage. I would be willing to change my mind but there should at least be an option to disable including the time when you reply. Listing all times in UTC would solve the privacy issue but would be confusing to most people. I can easily add a new checkbox in the settings window on a new 'privacy' tab to enable or disable including the time but for now I think I would prefer to hold-off until it is a more-requested feature and we can decide what time to show.

I've thought about including this before ultimately the reason that I did not was that it reveals the receiver's time zone and that it can't be trusted. The sender of a message cannot be spoofed but the time in a message can be changed. I know that this is true with email as well but I didn't want new Bitmessage users to have to learn to doubt the validity of anything they see in Bitmessage. I would be willing to change my mind but there should at least be an option to disable including the time when you reply. Listing all times in UTC would solve the privacy issue but would be confusing to most people. I can easily add a new checkbox in the settings window on a new 'privacy' tab to enable or disable including the time but for now I think I would prefer to hold-off until it is a more-requested feature and we can decide what time to show.
xqus commented 2013-01-28 19:53:34 +01:00 (Migrated from github.com)

Valid points. :)

Valid points. :)
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